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 | |  | | This informational resource provides links to human services programs, rural sociology information, homeless resources, and additional information. |
| |  | | | | General | | - Internal Revenue Service.
Find out whether you're eligible for a stimulus payment, and when and how to get it. | - Feeding America.
"Ending hunger in America depends on the volunteer work of literally millions of Americans who know that they can make a difference." Check this resource to locate Food Banks that need assistance. | - American Agri-Women.
"A national coalition of farm, ranch and agribusiness women's organizations." | - U.S. Farm Services Agency.
"...find out more information about FSA's efforts to partner with other Federal and State agencies, community-based organizations and various grower organizations to improve the lives of women farmers and ranchers."
| - DHHS. Administration for Children and Families.
| - Meredith Corporation.
Calendar of events, message board and more from the publishers of Successful Farming magazine. | - USDA. NAL. Alternative Farming Systems Information Center.
Resources listed for women in agriculture. | - Corporation for National Community Service.
AmeriCorps is a network of local, state, and national service programs that connects more than 70,000 Americans each year in intensive service to meet our country’s critical needs in education, public safety, health, and the environment.
| - American Public Human Services Association.
| - Princeton University. Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs.
| - Center for Law and Social Policy.
| - Community Action Partnership.
| - The Finance Project.
| - United States Department of Labor.
| - GSA. Office of Citizen Services and Communications.
| - Annie E. Casey Foundation.
| - United States Department of Labor.
| - Institute for Women's Policy Research.
| - University of Minnesota.
| - Northwestern University. Institute for Policy Research; University of Chicago. Harris Graduate School of Public Policy Studies.
| - DHHS. Administration for Children and Families. Family and Youth Services Bureau.
| - Institute for the Study of Civic Values.
| - The World Bank.
| - University of Pennsylvania. School of Social Policy and Practice.
| - Columbia University. Mailman School of Public Health. National Center for Children in Poverty.
| - Corporation for National Community Service.
| - USDA. Economic Research Service.
| - University of Minnesota. Department of Family Social Science.
"The overall purpose of the research is to assess changes in the well-being and functioning of rural families in the context of policies that reform welfare." This organization is sponsored by a grant from United States Department of Agriculture. | - Rural Policy Research Institute.
| - University of Missouri-Columbia; Oregon State University.
| - North Dakota State University.
| - Rural Sociological Society.
| - Free Press and the Free Press Action Fund.
| - Sargent Shriver National Center on Poverty Law.
| - United States Department of Housing and Urban Development.
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| | | | Planning Resources | | - USDA. Economic Research Service.
Provides a toolkit of standardized measurement tools for assessing various aspects of community food security. E-FAN No. (02-013), 166 pp., July 2002. | - University of Southern Maine. National Child Welfare Resource Center for Management and Administration.
| - University of Southern Maine. Edmund S. Muskie Institute of Public Affairs. National Child Welfare Resource Center for Organizational Improvement.
| - Alameda County Operational Area Emergency Management Organization.
| - British Columbia. Ministry of
Social Development and Economic Security; British Columbia. Ministry of Municipal Affairs.
| - James Irvine Foundation.
| - University of Southern Maine. Edmund S. Muskie School of Public Service. National Child Welfare Resource Center for Organizational Improvement
| - President's Council on Service and Civic Participation.
The President's Volunteer Service Award is an initiative of the President's Council on Service and Civic Participation in conjunction with the Corporation for National and Community Service and the USA Freedom Corps and is administered by the Points of Light Foundation and Volunteer Center National Network. | - University of Southern Maine. Edmund S. Muskie School of Public Service. National Child Welfare Resource Center for Organizational Improvement.
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| | | | Best Practices and Case Studies | | - ERIC Clearinghouse on Rural Education and Small Schools.
| - The Finance Project. Economic Success Clearinghouse.
Welfare Information Network, Issue Notes, Vol. 7, No. 2, March 2003 | - West Virginia University. Regional Research Institute.
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| | | | Funding and Program Assistance | | - GSA. CAO. Regulatory and Federal Assistance Division.
A database of all Federal programs available to State and local governments; federally-recognized Indian tribal governments; Territories (and possessions) of the United States; domestic public, quasi-public, and private profit and nonprofit organizations and institutions; specialized groups; and individuals. | - USDA. NAL. Rural Information Center.
| - USDA. NAL. Rural Information Center.
Please search for the programs below in the database for more details and contact information.
- Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (93.558)
- Welfare Reform Research, Evaluations and National Studies (93.595)
- Social Service Research and Demonstration (93.647)
| - Grants.gov.
| - HomeAid America.
| - DHHS. ACF. Office of Family Assistance.
| - USA Freedom Corps.
As a White House office, USA Freedom Corps
(USAFC) is charged with building a culture of service, citizenship, and responsibility in America. USAFC promotes and expands volunteer service in America by partnering with national service programs, working to strengthen the non-profit sector, recognizing volunteers, and helping to connect individuals with volunteer opportunities. | - American Bar Association. Standing Committee on Pro Bono and Public Service.
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| | | | Homelessness Resources | | - American Bar Association.
| - The Finance Project.
| - United States Department of Housing and Urban Development.
| - Child Welfare League of America.
| - National Alliance to End Homelessness.
| - National American Indian Housing Council.
| - National Coalition for Homeless Veterans.
| - National Coalition for the Homeless.
| - National Law Center on Homelessness and Poverty.
| - Oracle Education Foundation. Students for ThinkQuest.
| - National Center for Homeless Education.
"Provides research, resources, and information enabling communities to address the educational needs of children experiencing homelessness."
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| | | | Contact Information | | - USDA. Food and Nutrition Service.
| - USDA. Food and Nutrition Service.
| - DHHS. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
| - DHHS. Administration for Children and Families.
| - USDA. Economic Research Service.
Scroll down the list to find experts on topics:
- Child Nutrition Programs
- Farm Household Well-being
- Food and Nutrition Assistance
- Food Assistance
- Food Security and Hunger
- WIC Program
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| | | | Statistics and Data Resources | | - DOC. USCB. State Data Center Program.
| - Childtrends.org
| - RUPRI. Community Information Resource Center.
| - DOC. USCB. Population Division.
| - Population Reference Bureau.
"Our goal is to raise awareness of trends in the well-being of families in rural areas and to contribute to informed discussion of policy at the national, state, and local levels." | - DOC. United States Census Bureau.
| - U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation.
| - USDA. Economic Research Service.
| - USDA. NAL. Rural Information Center.
| - DOC. United States Census Bureau.
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| | | | Publications | | - DHHS. Administration for Children and Families.
| - American Psychological Association. Resource Center for Rural Behavioral Health.
| - USDA. Economic Research Service.
| - USDA. Economic Research Service.
| - Pennsylvania General Assembly. Center for Rural Pennsylvania.
| - USDA. Economic Research Service.
| - Public Broadcasting Service. WGBH Educational Foundation.
| - Mississippi State University. Southern Rural Development Center.
| - USDA. NAL. Rural Information Center; USDA. Economic Research Service.
| - Mississippi State University. Southern Rural Development Center.
| - Voices for Children in Nebraska; North Dakota KIDS COUNT; South Dakota KIDS COUNT Project.
The Rural Great Plains Collaborative Project. A Rural Road: Exploring Economic Opportunity, Social Networks, Services and Supports that Affect Rural Families from June 2002. Also see Appendices (PDF | 432.56 KB). | - DHHS. Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation.
| - Bread for the World Institute.
An annual report on world hunger. This year it "focuses on families struggling to get by on these kinds of jobs, living in or on the edge of poverty. It recommends policies to support low-wage workers and help them and their families build assets."
| - Urban Institute.
| - USDA. Economic Research Service.
In AmberWaves, September 2003 | - W.K. Kellogg Foundation.
| - W.K. Kellogg Foundation.
| - Urban Institute.
| - National Child Welfare Resource Center for Organizational Improvement.
| - National Coalition for the Homeless.
| - USDA. Economic Research Service.
| - USDA. Economic Research Service.
Rural Development Perspectives, Volume 12, Number 1 | - USDA. Economic Research Service.
Rural Development Research Report No. RDRR-100, July 2004 | - Mississippi State University. Mississippi Agricultural and Forestry Experiment Station. Social Science Research Center.
| - Corporation for National and Community Service.
"Volunteering in America: State Trends and Rankings is a powerful new tool to assist organizations in developing a strategy and setting goals to increase volunteering in their organization and build the national service and volunteer infrastructure in their states." | - Mississippi State University. Southern Rural Development Center.
| - Rural Policy Research Institute.
| - United States Government Accountability Office.
| - Center on Budget and Policy Priorities.
| - USDA. Economic Research Service.
In Rural America, Vol. 16, Issue 3, December 2001
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